Topics in the field of specialization selected with the permission of the instructor.

Topics in the field of specialization selected with the permission of the instructor.

Will be discontinued after Fall 2008 offering.

Introduces process control: mathematical modeling of simple systems, dynamic response, feedback control, stability; engineering economics: investment and profitability, cost estimation, optimization.

The equations of change of heat and mass transport. Steady- and unsteady-state heat conduction in one and two dimensions. Free and forced convection; prediction and correlation of heat transfer. Mass transfer by diffusion and convection; analogies with heat transfer. Simultaneous mass transfer and chemical reaction.

Accompanies CE 318. Continuation of CE 327.

Topics in the field of specialization selected with the permission of the instructor.

Topics in the field of specialization selected with the permission of the instructor.

Will be offered in Fall and Spring in 2008-09, and thereafter be offered only in the Spring. Will be renamed “Separations” in Fall 2008.

Staged operations of distillation, absorption, leaching, and extraction. Phase equilibria and application of equilibrium data to calculational methods provide knowledge of solution methods and limitations for binary and multicomponent systems.

Examines chemical and transport phenomena from a microscopic perspective. Topics include molecular simulation, advanced thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics.

Examines several types of alternative fuels that might be used to replace fuels such as gasoline and diesel that are derived from crude oil. Discusses the technology, economics, and other aspects of converting crude oil into gasoline. Considers other fuels including ethanol and biodiesel, hydrogen, synthetic gasoline from coal or shale oil, and a few other, less likely possibilities. Understanding the chemical processing and technology involved will be a major objective, but the course will also stress the importance of making equitable comparisons between the technologies. In addition to technological issues, the alternative fuel technologies will be assessed with respect to environmental impact, economics, and economic impact, sustainability/renewability, vulnerability and capacity (US and worldwide).

Introduces the technological processes of Green Engineering. Discusses pollution problems of manufacturing of ammonia, sulfuric and nitric acids, and fertilizers. Presents an analysis of energy producing units as nuclear and coal-fired power-plants. Describes elimination of exhaust gases in Otto and Diesel engines. New ways of design of chemical, petrochemical and energy producing systems are evaluated based on green chemistry, new solvents and new synthetic pathways. Unit operations are discussed in relation to possible environmental impact. Presents an evaluation of the environmental performance of a flow-sheet.

A continuation of CE 427.

Equips engineering students with the fundamental concepts of process control design. An introduction to the benefits of having a good control process is followed by the definitions of the control objectives, feedback and feedforward control, and the various types of variables found in process control problems. Includes the development of dynamic mathematical models for simple processes, using mass and energy balances. Introduces mathematical tools (Laplace Transformations) that help solve such mathematical models as well as define the transfer functions of typical process systems (first and second order systems). Introduces the controller concept, together with the basic principles behind the feedback control loop and its stability characteristics.

Economic aspects of chemical engineering: time value of money, including interest and investments; alternative methods of analysis, such as annual costs, percent, and rate of return; process costs and concepts, including cost estimation, and chemical equipment and plant costs; a small cost-related process design project.

Introduces principles of process control. Feedback, feedforward, and open-loop control. Effects of major controller actions on typical processes: on-off, proportional, integral, and derivative. Predicts the dynamic response of a process through mathematical models. Frequency response analysis; introduces tuning of a system.

Discusses the application of biological transport and kinetics principles in normal human physiology, disease states and during treatment. Focuses on selected aspects of the nature of receptor-ligand interactions, cell adhesion mechanics, drug delivery, and biological transport in organs. Topics include experimental methods for measuring receptor-ligand interactions, models for receptor-ligand binding and analysis of real data, methods for measuring and analyzing cell adhesion both in suspension and substrate based assays, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, blood components and blood viscosity measurements, flow in arteries and microcirculation, fahraeus effect, engineering principles for drug delivery including diffusion and convective transport of drugs to organs, pharmacokinetic modeling, drug delivery system design and controlled drug release, transport between blood and tissues, and between kidneys and tumors.

Topics include mathematical techniques for optimization, genomics-genome sequencing, genome sequence annotation, metabolic networks, linear and quadratic optimization for metabolic network optimizations, experimental approaches to metabolic network optimization, c-labeling for metabolic flux determination, examples of using such approaches for high value chemical production optimization, background on cell signaling, biochemical/biophysical description of major signaling pathways including techniques for collecting experimental data, strategies for modeling signaling networks, examples of utilizing a mathematical framework to predict (and manipulate) cellular behavior in response to specific stimuli, examples of cell signaling in disease states, background and description of genetic networks, experimental approaches to genetic networks, strategies for modeling genetic networks, examples of describing/predicting genetic network behavior using mathematical tools, and an overview of genomic and proteomic methodologies.

Introduces aerosol science and technology at a senior undergraduate/beginning graduate level. Provides the knowledge and skills needed to understand and predict the production, transport, and other behavior of aerosols and introduces technologies for producing, measuring, and collecting them.

The content of this course is variable, and, therefore, it is repeatable for credit. The University Grade Repeat Policy does not apply.

Topics in the field of specialization selected with the permission of the instructor.

Exposes students to a broad range of industrial problems and the techniques to solve them using a project-oriented approach.

Accepted seniors pursue a specialized, independent study leading to an Honors thesis or project.

Students should be accepted for work on a specific topic by a member of the teaching staff of the chemical engineering department.